ひしめきする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ひしめきする | ひしめきしない |
| Polite | ひしめきします | ひしめきしません |
| Past polite | ひしめきしました | ひしめきしませんでした |
| Past | ひしめきした | ひしめきしなかった |
| Te-form | ひしめきして | ひしめきしないで |
| Desire | ひしめきしたい | ひしめきしたくない |
| Potential | ひしめきできる | ひしめきできない |
| Passive | ひしめきされる | ひしめきされない |
| Causative | ひしめきさせる | ひしめきさせない |
| Causative passive | ひしめきさせられる | ひしめきさせられない |
| Volitional | ひしめきしよう | |
| Polite volitional | ひしめきしましょう | |
| Imperative | ひしめきしろ | ひしめきするな |
| Conditional | ひしめきすれば | ひしめきしなければ |
| Tara conditional | ひしめきしたら | ひしめきしなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
clamour; jostling crowd; bustle
Describes a noisy, crowded situation where many people or things are packed together and moving restlessly. Often used with する to mean 'to clamour' or 'to jostle'.
The venue was packed with people jostling against each other.
I could not move because of the jostling crowd in front of the station.
Rare kanji spelling; the character 犇 is not included in the Jōyō kanji list.
Derived from the verb ひしめく (to clamour, to jostle). The kanji 犇 is a rare character composed of three 牛 (cow) radicals, suggesting a herd-like crowding, but the word is almost always written in kana.